Person:Emilie Cowie (1)

William Hankin Dunlop Elwell married (1) Ellen Hughes WOOD, daughter of Thomas Smith Wood, nonconformist minister, 18apr1876 at Weston Super Mare (web), William Rankin D. Elwell married Ellen Hughes Wood 2nd qtr 1876 at Axbridge (bmd). William Rankin D. Elwell married (2) Emilie Cowie 2nd qtr 1910 at Kensington (bmd). Emilie Elwell, wife of Rev. W. Dunlop Elwell, formerly widow of G. J. W. Cowie, Shangai, d. 10dec1928 at Manaos, Brazil (Times). William’s 2nd wife, the widow of a Shanghai merchant, d. in 1928 during a trip up the Amazon, leaving a considerable fortune (Iron Elwells, 2nd Edition). Will of Emilie Elwell (d. 10dec1928 at sea), wife of Rev. William Rankin Dunlop Elwell, of Kensington Palace Mansions Hotel de Vere Gdns Kensington, reg. Middlesex; probate 9mar1929 London, 141176 gbp, George Selborne Cowie esq., Mabel Minnie Prendergast (National Probate Calendar). Probate of Cowie, George James Webster, reg. 1879, Shanghai, China (nationalarchives uk). George James Webster Cowie married Emilie Mead 14mar1868 at Shanghai (Latter day saints). In 1881 Emilie Cowie (1845 St. Gluvias, Cornwall, widow, house and land owner), 2 children (b. Shanghai) were at Tavistock, Devon (census). Probably Emilie Cowie nee Mead was b. 2nd qtr 1843 at Falmouth, Cornwall (includes Penryn and St. Gluvias) (bmd). In 1911 Emilie Dunlop Elwell (1857 Penryn, Cornwall) was at Kensington (census); however Emilie must have been older.

1. ↑ The Times. (London, England).